Laura Clawson

From harvesting the apples that go into Fourth of July pies to processing the turkey that we enjoy around our Thanksgiving tables, essential immigrant farmworkers help bring home many holidays and annual celebrations—and Halloween was no exception 🎃

Just realized I am feeling a deep sense of relief, bordering on joy, because the word Shingrix reminded me I am unlikely ever to have shingles again.

They literally ruin everything they touch

Absolutely no fun. So, so worth it.

Retailers Dealing With Increasing Levels of Theft and Violence Report emphasizes importance of preventive measures, coordination with law enforcement

can't believe outlets are running moral-panic headlines again based on flimsy anecdata from the *same* trade group (the national retailer federation) and sponsored by the *same* anti-theft company (sensormatic) that had to retract this *same* "study" just two years ago for being bogus.

Another host, Eugene Daniels, asked Mr. Cuomo what he meant by diversity being a “weakness.” “Diversity can be a weakness if you have antipathy among groups, Jonathan,” Mr. Cuomo said, mistaking Mr. Daniels for his co-host Jonathan Capehart, both of whom are Black.

You can't make this up.

Get the hell out of Evanston.

There were moments where I wish he had gone for less legalistic language, but the reframing was spot on.

I mostly haven't paid attention, but there was one person who I was surprised to hear was here, and I was pleased to find out it was because I'd been one of their very first blocks upon joining.

Brilliant:

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"This marks the first time that the Museum has resolved an ownership claim for works of art that were wrongfully taken under the conditions of slavery in the 19th-century U.S."

Want to feel old? FBI director is 45 years old.

Want to feel gross? The FBI director's 'girlfriend' is 26.

I've been on two juries but the time I was absolutely yearning to be chosen I never made it to voir dire. That was in San Francisco where you got to hear voir dire and I was carefully thinking through my answers. Probably would have been tossed since my husband was a 9th Circuit clerk at the time.

does he live in a Faraday cage?

@zohrankmamdani is a deeply thoughtful human being and we think he would make the best NYC mayor imaginable. We feel this as New Yorkers, as Jews and as human beings who are desperate for kindness, compassion and empathy to be represented in our politics.

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Lab Monkeys Escape Overturned Truck Near Heidelberg, Mississippi Lab monkeys from Tulane University have escaped an overturned truck around mile marker 117 on Interstate 59, north of the town of Heidelberg, Mississippi, marshalling a response from numerous law enfo...

In Mississippi news, a bunch of lab monkeys en route to Florida have escaped an overturned truck in Jasper County, but we're assured that they do NOT have COVID-19, herpes or hepatitis, so that's good.

@nickjudin.bsky.social reports: www.mississippifreepress.org/lab-monkeys-...

Awful piece. Just because so many white people are culturally ignorant and don’t know that Aunt, Auntie, Cousin are all terms to describe family members or close friends of our parents - even if that’s not their blood connection. The racism, the desperation, the sheer…..smallness of these attacks!

Cambridge School Committee is failing the sniff test on superintendent - Cambridge Day The revelation that the Equity Process received a previously undisclosed $40,000 after the fact is alarming. Taxpayers deserve a full accounting.

The more you pay attention to how the Cambridge School Committee operates, the worse things look.

Inside the Clunky Elections to Control Pennsylvania's Supreme Court - Bolts The GOP is making an expensive push to end Democrats’ majority on a court at the center of election lawsuits, sparking a fledging campaign season with little precedent or template.

If Dems win the Supreme Court races in Pennsylvania in 9 days, it’s extremely likely the GOP can’t get a majority on that court until 2029.

The GOP really wants to have this majority during the 2028 presidential race.

Can’t put the stakes any more clearly than that. boltsmag.org/pennsylvania...

FACTS. Plain and simple.

Archivists of this time are going to have to preserve this. Someday folks will read this as a real thing that happened in 2025.

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I just set up one for Jordan. He would be hugely appreciative of anything that people would be willing to give.
Thank you!

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That a political communications professional took this interview at all is as damning as anything she said.

At least for a while -- I haven't looked recently -- People was going hard on the effects of Dobbs.

The ideal Chotiner interview subject is an expert who cares deeply about their expertise but feels it isn't understood properly to the general populace and Chotiner acts as an intermediary.

The ideal Chotiner victim, coincidentally, believes that this describes them perfectly.

If Dems went astray vs 2012 you’d see it in gov races

Flips since 2013

Dem=>Repub
Virginia*
Missouri
Arkansas
Montana
West Virginia
Vermont

Repub=>Dem
Pennsylvania
North Carolina
Michigan
New Jersey
Arizona
Wisconsin
Kansas
New Mexico
Maine
Rhode Island

*likely Dem

Seems really good for Dems!

Food bank director: “for every meal that a food bank provides, the SNAP program provides nine. There’s no way we can meet that gap.”

This is horrifying and just so, so sad.

Sitting down to write something you pitched a week ago and realizing that exactly what made you pitch it (it's very topical!) will make it miserable to write (most things that are topical these days are super depressing).

And this is how I thought to look and see if R. Marie Griffith was on here...